Since 2014, the NIH has required annual progress reports to include a description of whether academic institutions make use of the Individual Development Plan (IDP) or...
My parents were still on cloud nine about their daughter having finished a PhD at a highly-ranked university, doing ground-breaking research on cystic fibrosis. They were...
Johnathan Yeo: I was amazed at the depths that biology could go. There was so much more to learn, discover and connect. Again, I learned by...
Teresa Ambrosio: "I wasn’t aware I was suffering from depression for so long and I blamed chemistry for missing out on all the other aspects of...
Bo Xia is a Ph.D. candidate at NYU School of Medicine. He is co-mentored by Dr. Itai Yanai and Dr. Jef Boeke. Bo is fascinated by...
Saumya Menon - Motherhood is a full time job. My family is my priority but I continue to yearn for the day when I will get...
Claudia Gisela Willmes - I enjoyed helping students understand the importance of animal research and to challenge their assumptions about the kind of experiments that scientists...
If you observe carefully, you’ll find a similar pattern in science and life. Both teach you the same lessons. The lessons that you learn from science...
Camille McIntyre: No research, animal care, education, or science anything occupation seemed to want me. Internships didn’t want me, not even for free. Retail stores didn’t...
Dr. Vania Cao is the Commercial Programs Lead at Inscopix Inc. She is a neuroscientist, writer, business consultant and Founder of Free the PhD, a career...
Dr. Dileep Vasudevan: What I have learned from my experience is that one needs to have immense amount of patience and perseverance to survive in academic research....
Dr. Nicholas Gordon: "As I look back over my journey in science, I realize that at each step of the way, I had friends and family...
To me, science isn’t just about discovering new theories and laws. It’s also about engaging in a deeper way with our world through intuition, observation, and...
Tell the negative committee that meets inside your head to sit down and shut up
The good thing about hitting rock bottom is that the only option left is to emerge. And that's what I did.
To test out these hypotheses, Shaina Lu, a graduate student in Tony Zador’s lab, had an idea: why don’t we hold an “open mic night” for...
by Aiza Kabeer, BS and Jessica W. Tsai, MD/PhD Abstract From criminal justice to financial markets, algorithms are now embedded in the fabric of our society....
Far from finding understanding for my passion for science, I found scientists who tried to discourage me. Each "no" was another incentive to work harder and...
When I began my PhD, I was quite certain that I would pursue a research career. But unlike most of my classmates, I was set on...
Besides a few of my teachers, I didn’t know any scientists; I didn’t even know what a PhD was. To be honest, I had no clue...
As the United States government’s war on science grows in strength and resolve,[1] it is more critical than ever for scientists to raise their hands and...
How does one learn to lead? One learns to lead organically by watching penguins, spending days together at sea, having critical conversations, and sharing cups of...
I’ve wanted desperately from early on to have a straightforward path. I imagined that everyone knew what they were supposed to be doing professionally, and that...
The journey to where I am in life right now has been filled with twists and turns. I have met many amazing people along the way...
When I was seven or eight years old, my parents asked me what I wanted for my birthday. I thought real hard and then confidently stated,...
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